Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



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`Be.itknownthatI; JERQME D. Sco'rr,V of Friend- .1 "York, have invented certainynew andnseful Improve- .ments in Stove-pipe Shelves ;"and Ido hereby declare ythefollowing to 'be full, clear, and exact description y y of the same,referenc`e`being hadtothe' accompanying drawing forming part l of 4this specification, in`

" iFigureZ is abottom View; and` l Y `Figure 3, a vertical transverse section. l 1

Similar letters of reference in the drawing indicate corresponding-parts; l i i `The object of` this invention is'to provide for publie y, use a cheap and eonyenieutfshelf, which can be` readily attached ltoor detachedfrom the stove-pipe withoutseparatiug the sections .of pipe.` i l `To accomplish `thisipurpose I constructthe shelfin two,` semicircularpie'ces, AA', which are united tol M- gether `by"r`neans `of `,arrnspa d', on each side of the centenfw y f The arm a is cast with or permanently xed tothe part A, and projects under the'part Af soA as to support the latter, `whilethearin a', xed to the part A',

" i dpurpose of supporting it inY turn.

`arms a3tbeneathfthem,byineans of screws, si s, for. the purpose of `connecting the' two semicircular plates lfirmlytogether, and preventing them frorn warping `olr bending under` thejweight of the vessels set upon y tiem. y y l Arim or flange, b, is*` cast'orwtnrned up around the y periphery of the "shelf, tolpreventsaid vessels from "SiiprineWm3mi i The whole surface fof "the shelf may be foraminated, `or providedwithfopeningsfof Vany design "which the taste ofthe manufacturer-approves. Y i ,'lhusconstructedfthe shelf isattached to the stovepipe by rneans-efianyindependent supporting-ring, 1t, y niade in two semi-annnlarsegments, which are hinged" "together on one side, asshown at El, and-when in shipjin the countyg` of Allegany and State of New "extends in a similarmanner under the part Afor the,y

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" v Letters met N0.112,29o`, dated Febr-tary 28,1871.

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use, are fastened together at the other side by means of a screw-bolt and, nut, c, passing through vertical anges, d d, formed at .the ends of the segment for the purpose. Two parallel horizontal flanges, e e', are also formed ou the convex surface ofthe ring,` for the purpose of receiving and holding the inner edge of the plates A A. v

lhese flanges are cut away iu'rear of' the hinge, as shown at ift', to admitof the rings being opened upon.

said hinge 4for the, purpose ofattaebing it to or detaching it from thepipe.

It will be observedthat the lianges are constructed around the lower edge of the ring, leavinga sueien't Y space above them for the hinge H, and the flanges r1 .i

d, and bolt c. The inner surface of the ring is smooth and adapted to fit closely to the pipe. v

It will be observed that the supporting-ring is independent of the shelf, and, by means of its hinge and fastening can be applied to the pipe without separatingthe sections thereof, after which the segments of the shelf are to be inserted between the flanges, and theiredges broughtproperly together and connected by the screws s s and arms a a. v i

wVhen thus in' position theshelf rotates on the ring 4independently ofthelatter, so that it can be `fre/ely p l turned in any position, however tightly the ring may The parts A Amay be attached to the ends of the y be fastened to the pipe. s

The ring can be adjusted to pipes of slightly different sizes by making the screw-rod c of suitable length.

' Having thus described my invention, v

What I claim as new therein, and desire to see'ure i by Letters Patent, is- The combination oi' the two plates AA, connected i together by means of arms a a and screws s .s with` the independent ring R, constructed oi' two segments hinged together at one end and fastened at the other by the screw-bolt c, substantially as and'for the purg poses set forth. -i

4 v JEROME D.- SCOTT.

Witnesses:

WM.` H. K1NG,

A, J. WELLMAN.- 

